CPC H01M 8/026 (2013.01) [H01M 8/0276 (2013.01); H01M 8/2425 (2013.01); H01M 8/2483 (2016.02); H01M 8/0258 (2013.01); H01M 8/0265 (2013.01); H01M 8/2432 (2016.02); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
1. A method of operating a fuel cell stack comprising fuel cells separated by interconnects, the method comprising:
flowing a fuel from a fuel inlet opening in the interconnects to a fuel outlet opening in the interconnects through fuel channels located between fuel ribs in a primary flow field on a first side of the interconnects, wherein a larger fuel mass flow is directed through the fuel channels extending along a periphery of the primary flow field than through fuel channels extending through a middle of the primary flow field; and
flowing air on a second side of the interconnects.
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